A Hora do Pesadelo 6: Pesadelo Final, a Morte de Freddy

I guess I'm part of the silent minority who enjoyed this film. Is it one of the best of the "Nightmare" series? Maybe not, but I had lots of fun with it. Freddy Krueger reaches his evil, wisecracking potential. Since parts 4 and 5 kind of lagged the series down, I felt this so-called final installment ("New Nightmare" is the real finale) brought the series out of its slump. There are some great nightmare sequences, including one where Breckin Meyer plays a stoner who gets trashed, falls asleep and gets stuck in a video game to which Freddy controls. This is both a highly original and hilarious sequence, especially when we see him out of the dreamscape, hopping around like Super Mario. And Freddy belts out the funny one-liner, "Great graphics." And since the movie was made about 10 years ago, it brought back memories when Freddy started controlling the game with the Powerglove. Anyone who remembers the first 8-bit Nintendo remembers the Powerglove.

The cast is superb. Lisa Zane is perfectly cast in the lead. I haven't seen Yaphet Kotto since "The Running Man," and I think the last time I saw that film was about 5 years ago. He's another great, underappreciated actor who possesses a powerful screen presence. And who can forget the cameos? The best one is by Johnny Depp (from the first "Nightmare") playing a spokesman for an anti-drug commercial.

The 3D sequence at the end is really awesome! So for those who are looking to check this film out--please rent or buy it on DVD! Hopefully all the editions come with the 3D glasses, but I'm sure the video edition has the 3D element removed.

I personally didn't see many things wrong with the film. It even elaborated on Freddy's backstory. The film is a great mix of humor and scares, and the gross-out effects are terrific. Could this have given better justice to the franchise? Of course it could have. But Rachel Talalay did a fine job. And finding the perfect conclusion is easier said than done.

And in closing, I loved the montage over the opening credits. Fans of the series will be delighted, and will look at it as a tribute to beloved Freddy.

My score: 7 (out of 10)

My least favorite of the entire series. While not a total loss, you do come away feeling cheated. The redeeming qualities of this flick are: the continued exploration into Freddy's past. (HELLO NEW LINE - DO THE NIGHTMARE PREQUEL - IF YOU MAKE IT WE WILL COME!) This was one whacked joker. The 3D sequences were good, but the ending totally blew.

Pros: Opening Sequence -- Cons: Ending -- Bottom Line: Still better than alot of other horror crud 5/10!

I have to give Rachel Talalay credit for this was a decent vehicle for her to make her directorial debut since she'd been affiliated with this series for years before making this movie, but the story couldn't have been weaker. Except for using the character of Freddy, Nightmare 6 bears no major consistency with it's predecessors. We never find out what happened to Alice and her baby. Freddy is starting with a new group of teenagers who aren't relevant to the previous five movies in any way which make them as victims and characters (and, in some cases, as actors) even more forgettable than this movie. Perhaps the only thing that makes this movie watchable is that eeriness that makes Freddy fearsome. The only good thing that can be said about the sequels to this movie is that the eerie element is present in all of them, but is negligible due to overly high body counts, weak stories, and comedy. They shouldn't have used the tagline: "They save the best for last," since I didn't think Freddy's death scene in this movie was a far cry from his previous five.

After "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child", it was announced that another sequel was going to be made, but New Line Cinema wanted everyone to know that this would be the last film, so now, I continue my franchise review of A Nightmare on Elm Street, with "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare".

This film follows the exploits of "John Doe", an amnesiac teenager from Springwood, who was sent out to find Freddy's daughter, Maggie, whom he needs to leave the children in Springwood. Freddy's goal is to create new "Elm Streets", and begin a new killing spree after having killed of all of the children in Springwood.

Maggie, utilizing new dreams techniques, uncovers Krueger's past, which include: being taunted by schoolmates for being the son of 100 maniacs, being cruel to animals, beaten by his stepfather, the murder of his own wife when she discovers he has been killing children and the moment when the Dream Demons arrive in his boiler room to make him the offer of eternal life. Eventually, Maggie pulls Freddy out of the dream world and uses a pipe bomb to blow him up.

The story is a little scary, but also funny as heck. It is considered the worst idea for the movie, but it works for me and to say the least, it is the best of A Nightmare on Elm Street film series, for me, along with the 1984 and 2010 versions of the original film, the 2003 crossover film with Jason Voorhees, the fourth film, the third and second film and Wes Craven's New Nightmare.

Like I said, the only Nightmare on Elm Street film I have mixed emotions over is "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child".

There's not much to say about the visuals and design, but they are incredible as they were back in 1991, when this film came out. The way the comedy and horror works with Freddy is just as impressive and inspiring. The music is just cool as hell. Brian May is a great composer and he done a very great job with the music in the film and the famous original theme is in this film.

The acting is a little confusing, but I will give credit to Lisa Zane as Maggie Burroughs / Katherine Krueger. She does a great job and I don't think she could have been worse in any of the scenes in this film. Robert Englund returns as Freddy Krueger and his performances is cool as hell. My favorite scenes are when Freddy tells Maggie, "Every town has an Elm Street" and the parody of the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz.

My favorite nightmare is the video game nightmare and that was really funny, scary, but also really cool and amazing. It was fantastic, man. The rest of the cast is just out there at times, but the really cool thing about it is Lezlie Deane, Yaphet Kotto, Breckin Meyer and Ricky Dean Logan is really amazing and so great in some of the scenes.

Overall, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare is not a horror movie, it's like a horror / comedy movie and is not the best film in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, but it could have been a hell of a lot worse.

5 out of 10 stars.

freddy's dead, jason goes to hell, mikey gets a razor in his candy?

this is the ultimate WTF? film. the beginning alone, with the map, and the computer stuff across the country, WTF?!? no returning characters, WTF? freddy riding a broomstick from wizard of oz, WTF?

some redeeming qualities: i don't like to know too much in horror stories, it's part of what makes them spooky, we learn too much of freddy here, though the flashbacks are well done, like the razor/pain thing

freddy has a daughter and that's why he went nuts, but we haven't heard of it until now, WTF? tom and rosey, WTF? that town is supposed to be where the last 5 films took place? WTF? demon ghost skulls? WTF? 3D (and i still have my 3D glasses from the theater), WTF? cheap excuses to amaze us in 3D??? WTF???

but... alas, it is fun to watch, and ultimately degrades the original and cheapens the franchise, but it is entertaining, a true guilty pleasure flick... though, why does it kill him here and not when nancy does it???

series rating: 2/10 guilty pleasure rating: 7/10